This is a summarised itinerary. More stops are included in the walk. 

Smeltehytta Museum

A Smeltehytta – or smelting cabin in English – is the place where the copper ore underwent a long and laborious smelting process before the finished product was exported.

Røros Church

Røros Church was built between 1780 and 1784. It was built by the mining company – they were in charge of both the costs and the construction. The price was the equivalent of 450 miners’ yearly salaries!

Trygstad Bakery

In 1899, 22-year-old Edvard Trygstad came to Røros to work as a manager of the Engzelius’ bakery in Finnvega. Seven years later, in 1906, he started his own business.

Bergmannsgata

You’ll see many houses in Røros have wide openings – this was for the farm animals. The town is made up of around 300 of these farms/houses – called smallholdings. From the middle of the 1950s and until 1980 the last farms closed down. Today there are no cows in Røros, but there are still some horses in the stables.

A typical house had 4-6 cows. Some of the properties on Bergmannsgata could be considered large dairy farms.

Røros Town Hall

The building is from 1780 and today is one of the best architectural buildings in Røros. It is built in a Louis-style. Above the front door is the Røros Kobberverks emblem. The office was on the ground floor and an apartment was on the second floor.

Sleggveien

The houses on Sleggveien give some idea of the social history of mining. In the five houses at the top of the road lived day labourers, craftsmen, gypsies and others who had no permanent work for the Kobberverk and no land to farm. The women earned a living as domestic servants in the houses of those who were better off. Among the craftsmen living in the street was a cobbler, a clock and watch repairman and engraver, and several musicians.